src/share/vm/prims/whitebox.cpp

@@ -1218,11 +1218,11 @@
 
   Klass* res = ik->find_field(name_symbol, signature_symbol, &fd);
   if (res == NULL) {
     tty->print_cr("Invalid layout of %s at %s", ik->external_name(),
         name_symbol->as_C_string());
-    fatal("Invalid layout of preloaded class");
+    vm_exit_during_initialization("Invalid layout of preloaded class");
   }
 
   //fetch the field at the offset we've found
   int dest_offset = fd.offset();